Book cover of Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain by Padraic X. Scanlan
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Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern BritainĀ 

The British empire, in sentimental myth, was more free, more just and more fair than its rivals. But this claim that the British empire was ‘free’ and that, for all its flaws, it promised liberty to all its subjects was never true. The British empire was built on slavery. […Learn More]